SCOTUS Allows Ballroom Construction, Army Secretary Resigns, G20 Summit in NC

美国最高法院允许建造舞厅,陆军部长辞职,G20峰会将在北卡罗来纳州举行

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2026-09-01

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The Supreme Court is allowing construction on the White House ballroom to continue, handing President Trump a victory on the emergency docket without deciding whether the project is legal.Army Secretary Dan Driscoll has resigned after 18 months on the job amid growing tension with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, part of a wider churn at the Pentagon as the war with Iran continues.Finance ministers from the world’s biggest economies are meeting in North Carolina, where the U.S. is pressing them to tighten the squeeze on Iran even as some countries question whether Washington is a source of stability or instability. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Support public media with NPR+ and enjoy perks for over 25 podcasts like this one. This show’s perks include sponsor-free listening. Learn more at plus.npr.org. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Anna Yukhananov, Andrew Sussman, Rafael Nam, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Nia Dumas. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Neisha Heinis. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. And our Supervising Senior Producer is Vince Pearson. (0:00) Introduction(01:59) SCOTUS Allows Ballroom Construction(05:49) Army Secretary Resigns(09:35) G20 Summit in North Carolina See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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  • The Supreme Court says President Trump can keep building his White House ballroom.

  • The conservative majority said that delaying construction could hurt national security,

  • but the court hasn't decided whether the project is even legal.

  • By that time, the ballroom might be nearly finished.

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  • The Secretary of the Army, Don Driscoll, resigned after 18 months on the job.

  • The Army's top civilian leader didn't like the purging of senior generals to install loyalists, among other things.

  • NPR's Greg Myrie digs into the friction at the Pentagon.

  • And the world's biggest economies are meeting in North Carolina this week.

  • The Trump administration wants to use the G20 summit to convince countries to help squeeze Iran's economy.

  • The question some countries are asking at the moment is, is the U.S.

  • A source of stability or instability in the global economy?

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